By Tuesday, several political blogs picked up on the post. It had about 238 comments and 1,400 Likes, which aren’t huge numbers in the Facebook world.

“Though I was called a liar for calling it like it is, many of these accusers finally saw that Obamacare did in fact create a panel of faceless bureaucrats who have the power to make life and death decisions about health care funding,” Palin said.

Palin defended her criticism of the Independent Payment Advisory Board, an agency set up to contain Medicare costs.

“Originally, she coined the term based on a component of the healthcare reform bill that would have allowed Medicare to cover end-of-life counseling by physicians, though that regulation was abandoned by the Obama administration in January 2011,” the Times said.

The Times also points out that although Palin’s claims were widely debunked, the idea still resonates with some Obama opponents.

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Podcast: Obama and Immigration

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